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Northern Sichuan recorded its most intense rainfall of 2025 on September 5, with 12-hour accumulations exceeding 250 mm (10 inches) in Guangyuan and Nanchong, and a provincial maximum of 255.2 mm (10 inches) in Chaotian District. The rainfall triggered flash flooding, street inundations, and emergency responses across multiple districts in Guangyuan and Nanchong.
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, around 01:00 JST on Friday, September 5, 2025, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall across multiple regions. The storm injured at least 24 people and damaged or destroyed several homes. Authorities issued evacuation orders for more than 600 000 residents.
Severe storms swept Through Knoxville, Tennessee on September 4, 2025, damaging dozens of hangars and planes at the Sky Ranch Airport. The storm also knocked out power for over 7 000 customers as it downed trees and power lines across Knox County.
Hurricane Lorena weakened into a tropical storm on September 4, 2025, after bringing heavy rains and flooding to Los Cabos, Mexico. The storm, though no longer expected to make landfall, is still going to bring life-threatening flood conditions to Baja California Sur, Sonora, and parts of the southwestern United States.
Antarctic iceberg A23a, which calved from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986, is rapidly breaking apart in the South Atlantic as of early September 2025, leaving fragments up to 400 km2 (154 mi2) adrift.
The world’s worst honey bee parasite, the Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite, was detected in South Australia for the first time, authorities confirmed on September 3, 2025. The detection occurred in a managed hive from a Queensland consignment located near Pooginook in the Riverland region.
The 6-5 Fire, part of the TCU September Lightning Complex, has burned more than 2 400 ha (6 000 acres) in Tuolumne County, California, since igniting on September 2, 2025, destroying at least five homes in the historic settlement of Chinese Camp and forcing evacuations. Containment remains at zero percent.
Hurricane Lorena formed in the eastern Pacific on September 3, 2025, as the 7th hurricane of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Baja California peninsula where the storm is expected to make a landfall later in the week.
A total lunar eclipse will occur on September 7, 2025, and be visible to over 5 billion people across Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The totality will last 82 minutes, making it the longest total lunar eclipse since 2022.
Tropical Lorena formed in eastern Pacific on September 2, 2025, as the 12th named storm of the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season. The storm is forecast to reach hurricane strength before weakening and making landfall in Baja California.
